Pocket Manual Refractory Materials

The book aims to provide in a compact format basic knowledge and
practically oriented information on specific properties of refractory
materials, on their testing and inspection, and on interpretation of
test results. Tables and illustrations are used to clarify fundamental
concepts on a comparative basis. Six years after the book's first
appearance, the second, fully updated, English-language edition of
Refractory Materials now includes innovations and advances achieved in
the intervening period, and thus reflects the contemporary state of the
art. This pocket-format manual provides an overview of the diverse
range of modern refractories and their application-relevant properties.
Its main feature is a series of practice-derived articles by well-known
authors in the field on the various material groups and their
characteristic property data. The content has deliberately been kept
concise and instructive, abstracting and more detailed works are
referenced.